BLOOMFIELD, NJ — On April 6, the Bloomfield High School girls volleyball team lost 2-0 to Mount Saint Dominic Academy. MSDA won the first game 25-22 and the second game 25-15, making a third game unnecessary. Photos Courtesy of Jerry Simon
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — NJ.com recently announced its all-state boys bowling teams for the 2020-2021 season, and West Orange High School junior Kieryn Knox was named to the first team. A second-team all-stater last season, Knox made the jump to first team with a game average of 229 this year, highlighted by an 800 set […]
CALDWELL, NJ — Sister Fran Sullivan, head of school at Mount St. Dominic Academy in Caldwell, announced earlier in March that she will be stepping down after more than 23 years in her position. Her official last day will be June 30. Sullivan originally joined the Mount as a teacher in 1983 when the school […]
CALDWELL, NJ — Mosaic Dance Theater Company, in association with Mount St. Dominic Academy, presents a weekend celebration of dance from India, Spain and the Near East. The weekend schedule of events includes a community dance workshop on Saturday, March 21, from 1:30 to 3 p.m. and a theatrical concert on Sunday, March 22, at […]
CALDWELL, NJ — On Aug. 3, six students from Caldwell’s Mount St. Dominic Academy, along with two members of the school’s faculty, traveled to McAllen, Texas, for a week-long mission trip in support of the Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley, a charitable branch of the Diocese of Brownsville, Texas. Just a short drive […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Seton Hall Prep’s sixth annual Winter Carnival for the special needs community was a huge success on Jan. 13. The event was co-hosted by legendary NJ baseball coach Mike Sheppard and his SHP baseball team, alongside Vincent McMahon, a lifelong advocate of the intellectual/developmental disability community, the founder of Camp New […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Camp New Day, a dedicated group of volunteers who support a close-knit group of approximately 50 adults living with intellectual and developmental disabilities in northern New Jersey, held a special winter event at Turtle Back Zoo in West Orange on Dec. 9. High school volunteers included students from Seton Hall Prep, […]
CALDWELL, NJ — Mount St. Dominic Academy, a Catholic, college preparatory school for young women located in Caldwell, has named Marissa Muoio, 28, as the new dean of academics. Muoio, a 2008 graduate of Mount St. Dominic, will be responsible for the Mount’s day-to-day operations, with special focus on the academic progress of the students, […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — With courageous acting and a provocative script, a group of Essex County teens brought the issues of slut-shaming and sexual assault to the forefront. Against a multimedia backdrop at the South Orange Performing Arts Center in South Orange, “SLUT The Play,” written by Katie Cappiello, was presented by NCJW/Essex to a […]
TRENTON, NJ — Comcast NBCUniversal awarded $92,000 in scholarships for the 2016-17 school year to 83 New Jersey high school seniors as part of its annual Leaders and Achievers Scholarship Program. The program, funded by the Comcast Foundation, is a one-time, $1,000 scholarship awarded to the best and brightest high school seniors for their community […]